Narrate parts of my life. >> no doubt about it. i mean, i think that we sometimes overuse the term icon. but you're certainly not overusing it to describe her. she was a trend setter. that lasted over a half century. how many people do we hear last two or three years that we think they're good. she lasted 60 years, never stopped, despite personal challenges, despite all kinds of controversies that would come up, she just kept doing it, and on top of that, ran a business. she controlled what she wanted to do, what she was involved in, what she would not be involved in, musically and otherwise. ...